It’s still as pure and honest as it was in the beginning. Yet your manga hasn’t strayed far from its roots. Q: It’s no secret your manga sells like gangbusters and has even set records in Japan. ![]() So every time I am done with my manuscript, I am completely exhausted. That’s the only way that I know, because humans can only come up with truly new ideas when they reach their limit. The only way that I can think of a new idea is to think about it a lot without sleeping or eating. The real secret? I think of the plots and scenes when I’m tired. So I change up the style of the series to keep up my motivation to draw the series. So if my manga was just about the action, or comedy, or tearjerking moments, more than anybody, I would get bored. What is your secret for eliciting such powerful emotional responses from people?ĮO: The thing is, I get bored easily. Q: Your manga is famous for not only its incredible action, but its heartfelt moments as well (we’ve certainly cried some “manly tears” around the office). I think if you go there, even a grown-up couldn’t help but be excited. It reminds me of when I’m flying in a plane and see the clouds below the window. Q: If you could make any recommendations to tourists who are visiting the Grand Line, where would you recommend they go and why?ĮO: If I was traveling the Grand Line, I would love to stop by Skypiea because everything is super fluffy. But if I was really strong, I would want to be in the Blackbeard Pirates. They seem to be very carefree, and it would be really fun because even the subordinates can make fun of the captain. Except the Straw Hats… I think it would be awesome to be in Buggy’s crew. Q: If you could join any pirate crew in One Piece (except for the Straw Hats), which one would you join and why?ĮO: Hmm. It may not be the best comparison, but I feel like that series’ spirit is carried on within my work. I feel that it’s awesome to have friends on your team, just like in the Vicke series. As I did research on pirates for One Piece, I realized that Vikings are a type of pirate. It was about a little kid who admires Vikings, and his dream is to become one of them when he grows up. ![]() As a child I really liked an anime series called Vicke the Little Viking. How and when did you first think of the idea to write a manga about pirates?ĮO: Ever since I was little, I liked pirates. Q: The world of One Piece has many different kinds of pirates with unique styles. Horny's fine, it just needs to be equal opportunity and anyone with eyes can see that it's not.Set sail with us on our greatest adventure yet.an exclusive interview with one of Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha ’s most original manga creators-Eiichiro Oda, the creative mastermind behind One Piece ! ![]() ![]() Taro Yoko can tell an audience of five million players that he loves big robot girl butts but I'm never going to have an audience yearning to hear why Nier's ass being bigger than his head was of vital importance to the quality of NieR Replicant. SNK and ArcSys sure as fuck will never greenlight my crossover game where Sol Badguy and Terry Bogard are magically cursed so that their clothes get ripped open every five minutes. It's not really a problem to me that a straight man draws T&A for an audience of assumed straight boys, but the reality is that no one other than straight dudes will ever get the ability to sell their T&A fantasies to the widest audience. Without having read most of One Piece myself and thus I don't know if Oda ever failed this, I do think it's if not good then at least some kind of positive to approach your fanservice with "if it's non-consensual then it''s not sexy" the way lots of Shonen stuff has Funny Sexual Assault as a running gag.
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